Environmental Regulation, Environmental Awareness and Environmental Governance Satisfaction

Meng-Meng Geng,Ling-Yun He

doi:10.3390/su13073960

Abstract

It is a problem worth thinking about whether the government’s environmental regulation policies can meet the residents’ requirements for environmental quality, and benefit the people. The study of the public’s subjective evaluation can more intuitively judge whether the government’s environmental regulation has realized “ecological benefits for the people”. Based on the data of the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) in 2013, this paper studied the impact of environmental regulation and environmental awareness on environmental governance satisfaction by an ordered probit model. The study found that environmental regulation has a significant positive impact on environmental governance satisfaction, while environmental awareness has a significant negative impact on environmental governance satisfaction. We also found that when public environmental awareness is taken into account, the positive relationship between environmental regulation and environmental governance satisfaction is affected. The robustness test proved this conclusion.

Highlights

With the rapid development of the economy, the material living standard of Chinese residents has been improved
Based on the cross-sectional data from the China General Social Survey (CGSS) in 2013, this paper studied the impact of environmental regulation and environmental awareness on environmental governance satisfaction by an ordered probit model
We first analyze the impact of environmental regulation and environmental awareness on environmental governance satisfaction

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With the rapid development of the economy, the material living standard of Chinese residents has been improved In 2019, the Engel Coefficient of national residents was 28.2 percent, down 35.7 percentage points from 63.9 percent in 1978 [1]. It shows that the residents’ consumption level and consumption structure have been significantly improved with the substantial increase of the income level of the residents in China. It can improve the living standard of residents to some extent.). In 2017, 239 of the country’s 338 cities exceeded the standard of environmental air quality, accounting for

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